Tono遠野市
Tono-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tono (遠野市, Tono-shi) is a city in Iwate Prefecture. Population 25,366 (2020 census), area 825.97 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Iwate Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 遠野市
- Reading
- Tono-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Iwate 岩手県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 25,366 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.6% from 28,062
- Area
- 825.97 km²
- Density
- 31 people per km²
- Households
- 9,622
- Under 15
- 10.1%
- 65 and over
- 40.5%
- Foreign residents
- 155 (0.6%)
- Code
- 03208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tono.iwate.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Tono. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tono
- Is Tono a city or a prefecture?
- Tono (遠野市) is a city (市, shi) in Iwate Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Tono?
- Tono is in Iwate Prefecture (岩手県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Tono?
- 25,366 at the 2020 census, down 9.6% from 28,062 in 2015. The area is 825.97 km², which is 31 people per km². 9,622 households. 40.5% of residents are 65 or older and 10.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tono?
- Six: Miyako City (宮古市), Hanamaki City (花巻市), Kamaishi City (釜石市), Oshu City (奥州市), Sumita Town (住田町), and Otsuchi Town (大槌町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tono in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tono written in Japanese?
- 遠野市, read Tono-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Tono begin?
- 岩手県遠野市… (Iwate-ken, Tono-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.